The news media paints an overly optimistic picture of cancer. That's according to one of a series of papers being published in the March 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association and in six of JAMA's sister journals this month, as well as at presentations at a two-hour media briefing today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

A regulation letting hospitals discharge thyroid cancer patients emitting radiation poses a public health threat, says a congressional report.

Ronald Taylor was handcuffed in a hospital bed where he was being treated for cancer when his lawyer came to tell him a Connecticut judge overturned his conviction in a 1993 killing.

There isn't enough evidence to back or debunk the claim that vitamin D can help reduce the risk of ovarian cancer, despite several recent studies making this claim, the authors of a new review of the scientific literature conclude.

Testing for a virus linked with cervical cancer during traditional screening does not help identify high risk women, say doctors.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 19 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said the vaccine to prevent cervical cancer may also protect against post-surgical recurrence of the disease.

China's food safety watchdog has ordered inspections of cooking oil nationwide as reports Friday said up to one-tenth of Chinese supplies were illegally made and contained cancer-causing agents.

A man from Leamington Spa with cancer embarks on a 127-mile trek along a canal path to raise money for charity.

DENVER (NYT) ? When the internal bleeding started, Ellen Pulhamus figured she might die soon. Then the 60-year-old Denver woman got the call she believes gave her ?the gift of time.? A biopsy of the tumors from Pulhamus? lung cancer, which had spread to her abdomen, found a very specific ?rearrangement? of genes inside the cancer cells. She was eligible to join a clinical trial at the University ...

The Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern California will hold a hair cut-a-thon Sunday at a Redlands salon.